Chinese Golden Week is well-known in logistics and supply chain for happening every year – precisely during the first week of October – and for affecting inevitably all local forwarders and their end customers’ shipments. With its National Day being celebrated on October 1st and a week of festivities and events taking place all over… Read More
OCEANSIDE — The City of Oceanside is installing several groins and a sand bypass system as part of a newly approved pilot project meant to improve the city’s disappearing beaches. During a special workshop on Aug. 11, the Oceanside City Council voted 4-1 to approve the pilot project as recommended by the Beach Sand Replenishment… Read More
Plans to salvage the eroding Capistrano Beach could have a rocky start. OC Parks is proposing cobblestone buffers that could be topped with sand dunes and vegetation to salvage what’s left of the battered Dana Point beach. The county agency, which manages the 1,500-foot-long shoreline wedged between Doheny State Beach to the north and a… Read More
Amsterdam, August 12, 2021 – Arcadis, the leading global Design & Consultancy organization for natural and built assets, announced today that it was awarded a contract by TenneT for power grid expansion, providing additional transport capacities between northern and southern Germany. The contract, earned in partnership with Bernard Ingenieure, includes the provision of planning and… Read More
An uncovered submarine cable, a recently exposed old septic tank and a surf life-saving club teetering on the edge of an eroding coastline is the new normal for Waikato beach goers. Coastal erosion and rising sea levels along Ngārunui Beach in Raglan is nothing new. Residents recall seeing sand dunes moving in and out with… Read More
Two senior marine construction executives provide an in-depth analysis of an innovative proposal to use electricity from floating wind turbines to power offshore oil and gas operations to reduce GHG. Floating offshore wind is widely acknowledged as the answer to exploit deepwater sites with abundant wind resources. For example, in 2017, the Hywind floating wind… Read More
Companies in the Dredging Market are facing issues in keeping their production facilities fully functional due to shortage of staff and resources amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. Get a hands-on over key drivers and threats to the Dredging Market to make your company future-ready post the pandemic. Avails out reports for exciting prices to learn new… Read More
Muscat: The KR Group, through its Marine Solutions business, has partnered with Asyad Drydock to build vessels in the modern shipbuilding and repairs facility in Duqm, Oman. A full-fledged service company specialised in the design and construction of harbour-related infrastructures in addition to ship repair and maintenance, Khimji Ramdas Marine Solutions under the KR infrastructure… Read More
MOREHEAD CITY — A lawsuit filed last week challenges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to allow hopper dredging year-round in the harbors at the state ports in Wilmington and Morehead City. For decades, maintenance dredging using a hopper dredge was only performed during the winter months, when endangered marine life was less abundant in… Read More
MOREHEAD CITY — The North Carolina Coastal Federation celebrated 11 coastal stewards during the nonprofit organization’s annual Pelican Awards and Taste of the Coast held Saturday in the Crystal Coast Civic Center. The member-supported federation, which is focused on protecting and restoring the state’s coast, began the Pelican Award program in 2003 to recognize individuals,… Read More